Peaks and Valleys Art Therapy
Providing art therapy services to support people through life's peaks and valleys
PAVarttherapy@outlook.com / 250-735-8035 / 5062 Angus Street, Port Alberni, BC, V9Y 1S6
Peaks and Valleys Art Therapy provides art therapy services for children, adolescents, adults, families, and the community of Port Alberni. Peaks and Valleys provides a safe and therapeutic space for all to engage in creative self-expression, healing, connection, and growth.
Brianna Harvey is a Registered Canadian Art Therapist.
Art Therapy
Art therapy combines psychotherapy and the therapeutic value of creating art. The World Health Organization has acknowledged that art therapy improves mental and physical health. Art therapy promotes integration of both hemispheres of the brain (the left hemisphere is responsible for logic and language; the right hemisphere deals with creative and emotional processes). Art therapy also reaches the unconscious that can’t be accessed through verbal therapy. Art therapy allows for non-verbal expression of emotions, thoughts, and experiences that can’t be put into words.
